Game Thread: New York Yankees @ Oakland Athletics 5/19

If a game is played in the middle of the state of California in the middle of the night on the East Coast did it really happen? We’re about to find out as the New York Yankees and the Oakland Athletics kick off their four-game extended weekend set tonight inside of Oakland County Coliseum. In the matchup the Yankees will send Ivan Nova to the mound making his third start of the season for New York while the A’s will counter with right-hander Kendall Graveman. The game will be played at 10:05 pm ET and can be seen on the YES Network and MLB TV.

The Yankees need to beat the teams, in my mind anyway, that they should beat and the Oakland Athletics are one of those teams. I mean no disrespect and I fully understand that there is a level of parity in Major League Baseball that allows any team to beat any other team on any given night but across a long series, and four games would be long enough you would think, the better team should win more times than not. The records might not suggest it and the standings may not suggest it but the Yankees are the better and the more talented team. They just need to believe it themselves and start acting like it.

Go Yankees!

Game Thread: New York Yankees vs. Oakland Athletics 4/20

Another night spent at home in front of a computer screen watching my favorite sports team in all the land, the New York Yankees. As much as I get frustrated with this team I love them and I continue to support them and will do so tonight when the club plays host to the Oakland Athletics. In the pitching matchup for the evening the Yankees will send Nathan Eovaldi to the mound to face off against a tough righty in Kendall Graveman for the A’s. The game will be played at 7:05 pm ET inside Yankee Stadium and can be seen on the YES Network and MLB TV.

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Without further ado, the New York Yankees and the Oakland Athletics. Go Yankees!

Game Preview: New York Yankees vs. Oakland Athletics 4/20

The New York Yankees and the Oakland Athletics are preparing for Round Two tonight in their three game set this week in the Bronx. Tonight is going to be a tough matchup for the Yankees much like last night was but for an entirely different set of reasons. Last night the A’s sent a lefty to the mound which always seems to give New York trouble and tonight they send a tough pitcher in Kendall Graveman to the mound. Opposing him tonight will be Nathan Eovaldi for the Yankees.

Eovaldi had a great start going last time out against the powerful Toronto Blue Jays before falling victim to the home run ball late in the start. Eovaldi held onto a shutout before a pair of home runs by Josh Donaldson and Troy Tulowitzki buried the Yankees right-hander. Eovaldi is striking out more batters than ever, 43% of his outs are now coming via the strikeout this season, but he is still allowing too many hits consistently.

 Graveman heads into this start fresh off a strong start against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Graveman took a no-decision in the start despite allowing just one run on four hits in six innings of work. Graveman has allowed just seven hits all season so the Yankees will have to be selective and swing at good pitches tonight if they want a victory.

The game will be played at 7:05 pm ET inside Yankee Stadium and can be seen on the YES Network and MLB TV. These are games that the Yankees must win if they want to be in contention in September and October but it always seems like these games and series where New York is considered by many to be the heavy favorites that things just fall apart. Reverse the trend, win the game and take the series too.

Go Yankees!

Game Thread: New York Yankees @ Oakland Athletics 5/28

When the clock strikes 10:05 pm ET on the East Coast the New York Yankees and the Oakland Athletics will take the field for the first of a four game set inside Oakland Coliseum. Tonight the Yankees will send their big lefty CC Sabathia to the mound looking to start a new winning streak while Kendall Graveman looks to start a winning streak for the Athletics. The game will be played at 10:05 pm ET and can be seen on the YES Network and MLB TV.

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Mr. Sabathia will take it from here, go Yankees!!